bowsprit

English

Bowsprit

Etymology

First attested in late 13th century. Probably borrowed from Middle Low German bochspret, from boch (“bow of a ship”) ‎ spret (“pole”) (related to Old English spreot and English sprout).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊspɹɪt/

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Noun

bowsprit (plural bowsprits)

1. (nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.

Alternative forms

• boltsprit

Derived terms

• bowspritted
• reefing bowsprit

 

Translations

spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel

• Bulgarian: бушприт m (bušprit)
• Catalan: bauprès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 船首斜桅 (chuánshǒu xiéwéi), 艏斜桅 (shǒuxiéwéi)

• Czech: čelen (cs) m
• Danish: bovspryd n
• Dutch: boegspriet (nl) f
• Esperanto: busprito (eo)
• Estonian: pukspriit
• Finnish: kokkapuu (fi), keulapuomi, puksprööti (fi)
• French: beaupré (fr) m
• German: Bugspriet (de) m or n
• Italian: bompresso (it) m
• Japanese: バウスプリット (bausupuritto)
• Old English: forþstefn m, forþstemn m
• Polish: bukszpryt (pl) m, dziobak (pl) m
• Portuguese: gurupés m
• Romanian: bompres (ro) n
• Russian: бушпри́т (ru) m (bušprít)
• Spanish: bauprés (es) m
• Swahili: dasturi
• Swedish: bogspröt (sv)